Treasures Of The National Museum Of The American Indian
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: National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) |
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: 0 |
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: 1996 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0789201054 |
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: 9780789201058 |
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: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Treasures of the National Museum of the American Indian by : National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
The Smithsonian Institution's new National Museum of the American Indian is dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans. Spanning more than ten thousand years, the one million objects in the museum's collections represent the extraordinary scope of Indian life in the Americas. From ancient stone points to contemporary Indian paintings, these objects make vividly clear the diversity and vigorous creativity of Native cultures from the Arctic to the southern tip of South America.
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: National Geographic Books |
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: 0 |
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: 2005-08-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780789208415 |
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: 0789208415 |
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: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Treasures of the National Museum of the American Indian by :
This Tiny Folio volume provides an impressive overview of the most significant collection of art by Native Americans anywhere in the world. Established by an act of Congress in 1989, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and the arts of Native Americans. The museum’s collections span more than 10,000 years and—as this lavishly illustrated miniature volume demonstrates—include a multitude of fascinating objects, from ancient clay figurines to contemporary Indian paintings, from all over the Americas.
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: National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.). George Gustav Heye Center |
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: National Museum of American Indian |
Total Pages |
: 80 |
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: 2006-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1933565039 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781933565033 |
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: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Indigenous Motivations by : National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.). George Gustav Heye Center
Since its inception in 1989, the museum has added contemporary Native art and objects to its collections, across all genres. Indigenous Motivations highlights some of the most important, interesting, and amusing of these works, Brief, lively essays discuss why contemporary Native people continue to make art, and why museums collect it. It is the art itself, however, that steals the show. Never-before-published photographs convey the beauty and vitality of these newest treasures in the museum's marvelous collection.
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: National Museum of the American Indian |
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: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 324 |
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: 2010-10-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780061547317 |
ISBN-13 |
: 006154731X |
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: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Infinity of Nations by : National Museum of the American Indian
The National Museum of the American Indian is one of the world's great conservators of cultural heritage, and its collections hold more than 800,000 objects spanning 13,000 years of history of the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere, from Tierra del Fuego in the south to the Arctic in the north. Drawing on new insights from archaeology, history, and art history, Infinity of Nations uses culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant objects as a point of entry to understanding the people who created them. Following an introduction on the power of objects to engage our imagination, each chapter presents an overview of a region of the Americas and its cultural complexities, written by a noted specialist on that region. Community knowledge-keepers and an impressive new generation of Native scholars contribute highlights on objects that represent important ideas or that capture moments of social change. Together these writers create an extraordinary mosaic. What emerges is a portrait of a complex and dynamic world shaped from its earliest history by contact and exchange among peoples. Illustrated with more than 200 strikingly beautiful photographs published here for the first time, Infinity of Nations opens new avenues that extend well beyond those of conventional cultural studies. Authoritative and accessible, here is an important resource for anyone interested in learning about Native cultures of the Americas.
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Total Pages |
: 48 |
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: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:800145748 |
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: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Celebrating the Grand Opening of the National Museum of the American Indian by :
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: Edwards Park |
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: 506 |
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: 1983 |
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: UOM:39076007044147 |
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: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Treasures of the Smithsonian by : Edwards Park
More than four hundred photographs and reproductions, accompanied by an entertaining text, provide an intriguing glimpse of the richly diverse treasures of the Smithsonian, from art masterpieces to historical memorabilia to technological innovations.
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: 15 |
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: 2004 |
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: OCLC:1026961177 |
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: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis National Museum of the American Indian by :
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: Regina Krahl |
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: Smithsonian Institution |
Total Pages |
: 323 |
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: 2011-03-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781588343055 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1588343057 |
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: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Shipwrecked by : Regina Krahl
Part adventure story, part maritime archaeological expedition, part historical look into ninth-century Chinese economy, culture, and trade, Shipwrecked is a fascinating journey back in time. Twelve centuries ago, a merchant ship—an Arab dhow—foundered on a reef just off the coast of Belitung, a small island in the Java Sea. The cargo was a remarkable assemblage of lead ingots, bronze mirrors, spice-filled jars, intricately worked vessels of silver and gold, and more than 60,000 glazed bowls, ewers, and other ceramics. The ship remained buried at sea for more than a millennium, its contents protected from erosion by their packing and the conditions of the silty sea floor. Shipwrecked explores this precious cargo and the story of the men who sailed it, with more than 250 gorgeous photographs and essays by international experts in Arab ship-building methods, pan-Asian maritime trade, ceramics, precious metalwork, and more.
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: National Museum of the American Indian |
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: 0 |
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: 1936 |
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: OCLC:1410052744 |
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: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis Aims and Objects of the Museum of the American Indian by : National Museum of the American Indian
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: Smithsonian Institution |
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: Smithsonian Institution |
Total Pages |
: 358 |
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: 2013-10-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781588343901 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1588343901 |
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: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis Smithsonian Civil War by : Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Civil War is a lavishly illustrated coffee-table book featuring 150 entries in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. From among tens of thousands of Civil War objects in the Smithsonian's collections, curators handpicked 550 items and wrote a unique narrative that begins before the war through the Reconstruction period. The perfect gift book for fathers and history lovers, Smithsonian Civil War combines one-of-a-kind, famous, and previously unseen relics from the war in a truly unique narrative. Smithsonian Civil War takes the reader inside the great collection of Americana housed at twelve national museums and archives and brings historical gems to light. From the National Portrait Gallery come rare early photographs of Stonewall Jackson and Ulysses S. Grant; from the National Museum of American History, secret messages that remained hidden inside Lincoln's gold watch for nearly 150 years; from the National Air and Space Museum, futuristic Civil War-era aircraft designs. Thousands of items were evaluated before those of greatest value and significance were selected for inclusion here. Artfully arranged in 150 entries, they offer a unique, panoramic view of the Civil War.